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Add or Subtract Fractions

In this worksheet, students add or subtract fractions.

'Add or Subtract Fractions' worksheet

Key stage:  KS 3

Curriculum topic:   Number

Curriculum subtopic:   Use Four Operations for All Numbers

Difficulty level:  

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Worksheet Overview

In this worksheet, we will learn how to add or subtract fractions.

 

Examples

To add or subtract two fractions, you must first make the denominators (bottom numbers) the same.

 

 

Addition 

 

 
2
9
+
3
4
=
2 × 4
36
+
3 × 9
36
=
8 + 27
36
=
35
36
 

 

Subtraction

 

 
5
8
-
2
5
=
5 × 5
40
-
2 × 8
40
=
25 - 16
40
=
9
40
 

 

Remember that you should reduce your answers to their lowest terms if possible.

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